Fleisher Art Memorial Announces Spring 2003 Program of Award-winning Fine Art Classes for Adults and Children

The Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial in South Philadelphia continues its second century of free and
low-tuition art instruction with a spring session of classes and workshops for adults and children
beginning in February 2003 – a program which Philadelphia Magazine’s editors dubbed Best of Philly ®2002 – Art Classes.

Free-tuition fine arts classes for adults are offered Tuesday through Thursday evenings, February 4th
through May 15th. Open-enrollment classes in this program include various levels of drawing,
painting, and sculpture. Students may sign up for open-enrollment classes at any time during the
semester. Places in limited-enrollment classes in ceramics, photography, etching and lithography
are distributed through a lottery. Between December 16th and January 3rd, interested parties should
pick up a lottery enrollment form at Fleisher during business hours, or send a self-addressed stamped
envelope. Lottery forms must be returned to Fleisher before the January 10th deadline.

Fleisher’s free-tuition program is complemented by a series of modestly priced tuition-bearing
workshops. These workshops run for 10 weeks and meet both day and evening on Mondays
beginning February 24th. The workshops include Photography, Ceramic Tile, Kiln-Fired Glass, Still Life
Painting, Monotype, Chinese Painting, Figure Sculpture, Watercolor, Portraiture, and more. Special
workshops meet on other days of the week. Workshop students should register by mail or by
calling James Mundie at 215-922-3456 ext. 328 no later than February 7th.

Saturday classes offering painting/drawing, printmaking and sculpture for young people ages 5 to
18 will run February 8th through May 17th. Enrollment is limited, and may only be accomplished
during walk-in registration on January 11th. Registration for children’s classes begins at 9:00 a.m.,
and is on a first-come first-serve basis. Each adult may register two children.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is Philadelphia's art museum. We are a landmark building. A world-renowned collection. A place that welcomes everyone. We bring the arts to life, inspiring visitors—through scholarly study and creative play—to discover the spirit of imagination that lies in everyone. We connect people with the arts in rich and varied ways, making the experience of the Museum surprising, lively, and always memorable. We are committed to inviting visitors to see the world—and themselves—anew through the beauty and expressive power of the arts.

For additional information, contact the Communications Department of the Philadelphia Museum of Art phone at
215-684-7860, by fax at 215-235-0050, or by e-mail at pressroom@philamuseum.org. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is located on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 26th Street. For general information, call (215) 763-8100.